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Todd Jones - January 2008

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Why Does Gatorade Hate the Detroit Tigers?
blessyouboys.com — No other team - and more particularly, no other athlete - is shown being vanquished during the... commercial. (Peyton Manning appears to have thrown a touchdown pass against the Chicago Bears, but Marvin Harrison didn't catch a pass over, say, Charles Tillman in the end zone.) Yet there's Jonesy looking forlorn on the mound (more) Why Does Gatorade Hate the Detroit Tigers?
Fictionalizing Jeter
detroittigersweblog.com — I’m sure many of you have seen the Gatorade commercial featuring numerous dramatic stills. It came to... my attention when Ian blogged about it recently . The commercial is below. In the spot it appears that Jeter notches a game winning hit off of ... (more) Fictionalizing Jeter
Todd Jones: The True Gatorade Story
blessyouboys.com — Matt Wallace just informed me that Todd Jones wrote about his appearance in the most recent Gatorade... commercial for his latest SportingNews.com column .  (See what you miss when you don't make a point of reading something regularly?  Sorry, ... (more) Todd Jones: The True Gatorade Story
KING TIGER: It's Magglio Ordonez
freep.com — Detroit Tigers outfielder Magglio Ordonez has won the 2007 King Tiger Award, given each year by the... Mayo Smith Society. Ordonez edged outfielder Curtis Granderson in the voting for the award. Veteran closer Todd Jones and rookie outfielder-infielder Ryan Raburn tied for third. They were the only Tigers to garner votes in the balloting. (more) KING TIGER: It's Magglio Ordonez
2008 Fantasy Baseball: Closers and Pitchers With Saves Rankings
faketeams.com — These are the rankings of pitchers with saves. I used just four categories in this sample -... Saves, Ks, ERa and WHIP. I saw no reason to reward six wins versus one for piutchers who are mainly evaluated on their ability to get saves. I also wanted to ... (more) 2008 Fantasy Baseball: Closers and Pitchers With Saves ...